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HEALTH
A BLACK PERSPECTIVE
Renal Failure
Third in α Series
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Brada Kennedy, BSN
We've discussed the causes of
chronic and acute renal failure,
complications, causes, and its rela
tionship to hypertension or high
blood pressure. Since we know that
hypertension is one of the major
causes of chronic renal failure and
Blacks have a much higher inci
dence of high blood pressure, then
we can identify why so many
Blacks have renal failure. This is a
very real and serious problem in
the Black community.
Treatment of chronic renal fail
ure can be divided 5»to conserva
tive management and more defini
tive forms of treatment, including
peritoneal dialysis, bemo dialysis
and renal transplantation.
Until recently, dietary manage
ment of chronic renal failure has
often meant the very limited and
careful use of high caloric and low
protein diets. The result has been
that some persons have had their
protein intake restricted unneces
sarily and in others, with severe
renal failure, the blood urea was
decreased but it caused them to
have severe muscle wasting.
There is no diet suitable for all
persons with chronic renal failure
and in practice with severe chronic
renal failure are generally studied
in hospitals and their diets worked
out to suit individual needs. During
the person's stay in the hospital,
the dietary requirements are eva
luated including fluid intake, pro
tein intake, sodium intake and
potassium intake. To achieve good
results, it is vital that the person
fully understands what the dietary
restrictions are and the reasons for
them.
Three major modes of treatment
for chronic renal failure are peri
toneal dialysis, hemo dialysis and
kidney transplantation. Peritoneal
dialysis is the use of the peri
toneum surrounding the abdom
inal cavity as a dialyzing mem
brane for the purpoee of removing
waste products or toxins in the
blood accumulated as a result of
renal failure - this will be explain
ed later.
We will also go further into the
discussion of a peritoneal and
hemodialysis and kidney trans
plantation.
"Mysteries Of The Sea*
A breathtaking look at man's
adventures and achievements in
the exploration of and research
into the world's seas will be aired
on "Mysteries of the Sea," Sunday,
May 18 at 7 p.m. on Channel Nine.
William Holden is host-narrator
of the two-hour special. Highlights
include:
Marine scientists from the Cali
fornia Academy of Sciences and
the University of Hawaii join great
white shark attack survivor Rod
ney Fox in South Australia to learn
new facts that will contribute to a
better understanding of the
predator.
In addition, French Polynesian
diver Jean Ta pu manages an
underwater farm of more than
50,000 oysters that produce only a
few thousand a year of the most
rare, exotic black pearls in tne
world.
Diving to the Monitor's final
Atlanta resting place 220 feet down
underwater archéologie ts explore
this sunken Civil War iron-clad off
Cape Hatteras.
Arthur Ashe Joins ABC Sports
As Expert Tennis Commentator
Arthur Ashe has traveled a long
and winding road in his remark
able life - a road filled with pitfalls
as well as lofty heights. He has
known great moments in tennis,
having won Wimbledon and the U.
S. Open, but be has also experi
enced darker moments of illness
and injury. Through the good and
the bad times, Ashe has main
tained a personal level of excel
lence which has separated him
from other successful athletes.
Now thirty-seven years old, Ashe
admits his tennis career is over but
the options for his future look
bright. Since 1977, Mr. Ashe has
been involved with ABC Sports as
an expert tennis commentator but
his role will be expanded in the
future - the tennis circuit's loss is
ABC's gain. Two of the upcoming
events which Ashe will be associ
ated with are the "Alan King
Tennis Class" in the end of April
and the "Tournament of Cham
pions," in May.
The past year has been a difficult
one for Arthur Ashe. A heart
attack on Julv ιατα was a shock,
to everyone because he was no
toriously one of the fittest players
on the tour. After experiencing
palpitations, he made the decision
to enter a hospital in December for
quadruple bypass heart surgery. It
is not a subject Mr. Ashe enjoys
talking about. "I stayed in bed and
did nothing for two months after
the operation," said Ashe. "1 feel
OK now, I really do, and I'm happy
to be around."
For almost two decades, Ashe
has been a quintessential states
man. As a past president of the
Association of Tennis Profession
als, the governing body of men's
tennis, Arthur played an integral
part in the tremendous growth of
tennis through his leadership as
well as his charisma. Ashe has also
committed himself to working with
black groups around the country,
encouraging them to learn and
become more aware of the world
around them.
But tennis is how it all began.
Born in Richmond, Va., Ashe
played his way through the juniors,
graduating with a business degree
from UCLA and was the NCAA
Champion in 1965. He was ranked
No. 1 in the world in 1968 and thai
again in 1975. It was in 1975, when
Jimmy Connors reigned the tennis
world, that Arthur Ashe scored his
biggest triumph by beating his
fellow American in the finals of
Wimbledon with finesse rather
than power.*
In 1977, it appears as if Ashe,
was through competing when he
was forced to have a heel operation
and an eye injury. His computer
ranking dropped dismally to 257 in
the world but Ashe insisted he
would return. And return be did in
1978 with wins which surprised
everyone but Ashe himself. He vas
ranked as high as No. 7 in the world
in 1979 until he was striken with a
heart attack.
"I don't feel as if I've been
cheated." savs Ashe. "I've had a
great life with exciting plans for
the future. An introspective, pri
vate man, Mr. Ashe prefers not
to dwell on his recent misfortunes
and would rather talk about poli
tics or the successful photography
career of his wife Jeanne.
Articulate, committed, Arthur
Ashe leads a certain amount of
class to anything he does. The
tennis world has been a better
place for his presence and pity the
poor player who ever had to play
against him. After the finals of the
Grand Prix Masters in 1979, when
John McEnroe barely beat Ashe in
the finals, the young winner was
asked if the pro-As he crowd bo
thered him. "You go into a match
against Arthur Ashe knowing the
crowd will be for him," said
McEnroe, "they always are...peo
ple have been cheering him
forever."
Mint Museum Schedules Public Forum
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a public forum on Wednesday,
May 14 from 7:90 until 10:30 in the
Puppet Theatre. Interested citi
zens are invited and encouraged to
attend and participate.
This forum, one of a series of
meeting designed to gather sug
gestions, opinions and comments
from a broad spectrum of area
residents, will provide an oppor
tunity for all interested citizens to
express, their opinions on the fea
tures and programs they would
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line to see in the new Mint Museum
on-site expansion.
Citizens attending this public
forum will address the architects
directly so that their ideas can be
considered and incorporated in the
earliest stages of architectual
planning.
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of Black Women in an Intimate
Album of Sensuality & Pleasure
This album is one in a great series of
special collector's editions published by
Players Magazine depicting the modern
young Black woman with a sense of love
and freedom never before achieved. You'll
want to collect them all. The printing is
magnificent. The nudes breathtaking. The
concept beautiful.
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